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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump made lots of tariff threats in 2025. Here are some that never materialized

8:48 AM on Wednesday, December 31

President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

8:35 AM on Wednesday, December 31

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

Former White House chief usher Gary Walters, author of "White House Memories," is interviewed about his book, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump isn't the 1st president to want more room to entertain, longtime White House usher says

8:03 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The longest-serving White House chief usher says presidents before Donald Trump were interested in having a larger space for entertaining too

FILE -The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is seen on low level cloud while the aircraft searches for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, near the coast of Western Australia, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

What to know about the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as the search resumes

7:50 AM on Wednesday, December 31

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains a mystery more than a decade later

Residents use their smartphones to film a large screen at a shopping mall showing CCTV broadcasting Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering his 2026 New Year message, in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China announces it 'successfully completed' Taiwan military maneuvers

7:22 AM on Wednesday, December 31

China’s People’s Liberation Army says it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan

FILE - Flight officer Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion during a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)wld

Latest deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 gets underway

6:57 AM on Wednesday, December 31

A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries

Fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Asia rings in 2026 and Australia is defiant after its worst mass shooting

6:02 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Auckland has welcomed 2026 with a fireworks display from Sky Tower, marking the start of global celebrations

New Zealand's Auckland has become the first major city to ring in 2026 with fireworks from Sky Tower

6:00 AM on Wednesday, December 31

New Zealand's Auckland has become the first major city to ring in 2026 with fireworks from Sky Tower

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian drone attack injures 3 Ukrainian children as Putin expresses confidence in victory

5:11 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Russian drones have blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in Ukraine's city of Odesa, injuring six people including three children

Travellers wait for Eurostar services at St Pancras International station in London, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Channel Tunnel power malfunction fixed, but rail delays linger

4:07 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Trains through the Channel Tunnel between Europe and the UK are running again after power malfunctions caused travel chaos

See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists

3:11 AM on Wednesday, December 31

FILE - President Donald Trump talks to the media as he walks to Marine One from the White House, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around

1:10 AM on Wednesday, December 31

By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian soldiers, center, arrive after being captured and held by the Thai army, at Prum border gate, in Pailin province, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement

12:58 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Thailand has repatriated 18 Cambodian prisoners of war

Justin Flinn, left, works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Wall Street holds steady in light trading on the final day of 2025

9:21 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Wall Street is holding steady at the beginning of the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty

FILE - State Sen. Michelle Benson reacts at a news conference on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul to a report by the state's legislative auditor on combatting fraud in Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski,File)

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes

6:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The Trump administration has announced that it is freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

FILE - Caroline Kennedy, ambassador of the United States to Australia, left, arrives with her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, center left, and her children, Tatiana Schlossberg, center right, and Jack Schlossberg, right, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, before the presentation ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Tatiana Schlossberg, a grandchild of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35

2:28 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died after a battle with leukemia

This undated photo provided by Hardman for Iowa on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, shows Democrat Renee Hardman. (Hardman for Iowa via AP)

Democrat Renee Hardman wins Iowa state Senate seat, blocking GOP from reclaiming a supermajority

12:04 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber

Correction: Philanthropy-SNAP-Gap story

8:11 AM on Wednesday, December 24

In a story published Dec. 24, 2025, about a cash relief program that helped families when SNAP payments were paused, The Associated Press, relying on information from GiveDirectly, incorrectly reported that the more than 246,000 beneficiaries reached marked the cash assistance group’s largest disaster response outside the COVID-19 pandemic

FILE - Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact

7:02 AM on Friday, December 5

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts

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